Most flights and airport security screening still unaffected by shutdown, TSA says

The Federal Aviation Administration is gearing up to ask more airline inspectors and other technical employees to return to work in coming days, according to agency and union officials, reflecting efforts to cope with the partial government shutdown.

Air-traffic controllers and airport-security screeners already are effectively exempt from the shutdown and continue working without pay. So far, according to federal and union officials, there haven’t been major slowdowns in airport arrivals or departures. And with rare exceptions,...